Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, October 22, 2002
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY AUTOMOBILES SAE sees big role in India with chapter THE Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), headquartered in the US, has announced the launch of its Indian chapter — SAE India. It will be an autonomous body affiliated to SAE International. In line with SAE International, the Indian ... More ECONOMY Cement, steel drive core sector growth in H1 THE impact of fiscal policy and enhanced budgetary spending on infrastructure, especially road projects, is finally beginning to be felt. Production of cement and steel has gone up by 9.8 per cent and 9.3 per cent, respectively in the first-half ... More
TN Govt releases one instalment of DA ENVIRONMENT 
IBRD, IDFC team up to fund clean energy projectsTHE World Bank has entered into an agreement with Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) for funding clean energy projects. The agreement earmarking $10 million in World Bank managed carbon finance is likely to leverage $80-100 million ... More
Will green concerns seal Kudremukh mines? SC panel for 5-year lease extension
Bumper N-E monsoon on cards
Model eco park being set up near Peenya
TN: Site finalised to treat hazardous wastes
FERTILISERS Centre to fine-tune urea pricing policy soon — To focus more on bio-fertilisers THE Centre would shortly fine-tune the pricing policy for urea, aimed at "greater transparency and uniformity in subsidy disbursement to the urea units." Mr Tapan Sikdar, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, told this to ... More FOREIGN TRADE CII plans forum to strengthen link with Singapore TAKING a leaf out of their counterparts in Singapore, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is set to launch a new forum `Bridge Singapore' to enhance the level of awareness of Singapore in India. "The new forum will be on the lines of ... More
CII team upbeat on closer trade ties with Sweden HEALTH Ayurveda takes on allopathy in AIDS fight IT may not be long before a certain green-eyed Bollywood diva or the man who almost won India an Oscar Award this year are roped in to spread awareness on AIDS in the country. But this and much more are on the anvil in the anti-AIDS segment, with ... More
Escorts Heart centre at Jodhpur INFRASTRUCTURE Kerala: Hudco willing to invest in State projects THE Union Minister for State for Urban Development, Mr O. Rajagopal, has said that Housing and Urban Development Corporation (Hudco) is willing to extend financial assistance to a number of infrastructure projects in the State, including the ... More POWER Losses at distribution end — SEBs asked to outsource metering, billing activities IN a bid to restrict any increase in power tariffs post-privatisation of distribution circles, the Union Ministry of Power has begun persuading power utilities across the country to begin outsourcing activities such as metering, billing and ... More TAXATION Collections much below target — AP Minister pulls up revenue officials THE Andhra Pradesh Minister for Commercial Taxes, Mr K. Vijayarama Rao, on Monday pulled up officials of his department for poor performance in the five divisions of Hyderabad area in revenue collection in the first half of the current ... More
No place for Central sales tax in VAT regime: CII TEXTILES It's bonus talk time at Kovai mills WITH hardly two weeks to go for Deepavali, the bonus talks in the Coimbatore-based textile industry are yet to gather momentum, with textile workers trade unions reporting only sporadic bilateral talks on the issue with the individual ... More BREWERIES TN to resume 100-ml packs, sans subsidy LIQUOR companies are poised to offer 100 ml packs in Tamil Nadu again, with the State Government finalising a new order allowing sales subject to normal taxation. The resurrected packs would cost Rs 28 upwards instead of the earlier subsidised ... More RADIO/TV EDUCATION It's placement time at IIM-B COME October and it is summer placement time at the Indian Institutes of Management. In the initial round, at IIM, Bangalore, this year, the batch of 2004 students are taking their pick from companies such as ICICI, National Kidney Foundation - ... More NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING Approval for FDI — Speciality mags may need to stay separate FOR domestic media companies, raising capital from foreign investors could well mean taking a difficult decision. That of cutting their umbilical cord. The Government is now considering a proposal to insert a clause wherein domestic companies ... More AGRICULTURAL POLICY DISINVESTMENT Bankrolling SCI sell-off to be tough INVESTORS wishing to acquire a strategic stake in the Government-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) better have deep pockets or at least have a domestic financial institution to back them. This is because foreign lenders find the terms ... More
KSTDC to privatise 4 hotels FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Indo-American chamber action plan to raise FDI The IACC President said suggestions to raise FDI flow had been crystallised after discussions with a cross-section of people, including businessmen from India and the US, senior Government officials and experts. More RURAL DEVELOPMENT Bank lending to self-help groups on the rise MICRO-financing is gaining in importance in banks' lending programmes. Financing through self-help groups (SHGs) received an impetus last year with banks more than doubling loan disbursements through such groups. As on March 31, 2002, banks ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS Exports to Asia, Oceania up 24% in April-July THE halting pace of economic recovery in rich countries poses no cause for despondency as the country's dependence on rich markets appears to be shifting to Asia and Oceania and Africa, if the 15 per cent export growth during the first four ... More ECONOMIC OFFENCES 
Fake stampsFake stamps worth Rs 170 crore, seized by Karnataka special officers, were displayed in Bangalore on Monday. The raid was conducted in Hyderabad, Chennai, Tiruchi, Madurai and Coimbatore. ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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